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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab
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We're an online writing community, made by and for LGBTQ+ writers and our ally friends! 🏳️‍🌈 We also commit to mutual aid 💖💪


Check out our zine and more about mutual aid at
https://www.breakthrough-at-the-lit-lab.com/
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · Jan 30
Hello Bluesky! We're Breakthrough at the Lit Lab, an online-based writing group. We're queer, and happy to be here. If you're trying to find a writing group online, link to our site in bio. From Drabbles to dropping sick beats, we have all kinds of writers with us #writinggroups #writingsky
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colsart.bsky.social
Been making more pieces on cardboard, I love the flatness of acrylic markers on it and how quickly sketches come to life 😍

#wip #acrylicmarkers #portraits #queerartists
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE
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TOGETHER WE ARE AMERICA
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February 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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A monochromatic pink illustration of a pigeon mid-flight, wings up, feet out and forward, tail fanned, drawn over a large checkered grid, which, where overlapping with the bird, is darker and more saturated, and where not, is lighter, closer to the background color. White highlights are shown on the bird, which look almost cloud-like and then trail off the bird into actual clouds. A bright white, blurred circle appears above the bird, alluding to a sun. Zupiz is signed in the bottom right corner. #art #illustration #birdart #birds
February 11, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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Welcome to #QueerWritersChat!

To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! No links, please!

Next question at :15! There are 10 minutes between questions.

@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers #writerchat
#QueerWritersChat Question One: Introduce yourself and your current project Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
February 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social
Confine your characters in this week's #writingprompt Some things to consider; why are your characters on that mode of transport? Do they know one another or is this the first time they are meeting? How do they move about the limited space?
As always, good luck with writing. #queerwriters #Typey
February 4, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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today is a wonderful day to love and support trans people and trans artists 🏳️‍⚧️
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social
This #WritingPrompt proposes a radical change. Write in a genre you wouldn't normally. What are some conventions of this new genre you can explore? Remember, it's a newer genre for you, it's okay if the first draft isn't as great as when you write in your go-to genre, it's a new genre! #HappyWriting
Writing Prompt Wednesday - Genre Swap Write a short story or a poem that explores themes you don’t usually tackle. If you tend to write romance, try a gritty crime drama. If you tend to write sci-fi dramas, try your hand at fantasy comedy. Whatever genre feels like the most opposite. Our cute mascot, Typey, a cartoon typewriter in the bottom right corner, rather than the left side like tip usually is.
January 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Cardboard therapy with friends 😌

#MTGBetterDays
A Dragon Shield playmat with a white feather dragon, attacking two crows. The art is by Jesper Ejsing. In the top left corner is a commander card, and in the top right corner is my deck
January 24, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Otar's story continues in "The Wish of a Dragon"!
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The cover for JD Rivers' "The Wish of a Dragon", second book in the Otar's Universe trilogy. The main colors are purple, pink and dark blue. We have one of the main characters, Andres, facing the audience with his back, while we see the POV character Otar, only with his hand at Andres' neck, a bot of his blonde hair, and the other hand holding up a ball of flight behind Andres' back, holding a sleepong dragon. There are also more lights around it. In the upper part it reads the title: The Wish of a Dragon, down below is the author: JD Rivers. The illustrator/artist is planetsandmagic the typesetter is: Hermit-writes
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Searching for your next favourite romance book? Explore this delightful selection featuring #queerromance.
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#queerbooks #booksky 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Melody Of The Snow

!! SECOND BOOK OF THE MELODY SERIES !!

LINK: books2read.com/mm-melodyofthesnow
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Family inheritance or his own passion… Can he have both?

#GMLGB #Romance #LGBT #Booksky #GayRomance #Novels 🌈📚 🌶️📚 #Gay #LGBTRomance #📚 💙📚 #MMRomance
January 24, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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cometkins.bsky.social
Are there any unique illnesses that inhabit your book's setting? A magical plague? An unknown virus? #WritingPrompt
January 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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What are readers saying about my book Love in the Light: A Musical Novel? Signed copies are available in my shop!

Order here: https://www.lukemcquillan.com

#booksky #queerbooksky #mmromance #indieauthor #newbook #musicals #broadway 🌈📚
January 23, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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goodnightfira.bsky.social
messing around with painting 💧💫🔥
#firagallery #ventart #queerartists
a headshot of a figure tilted to the left dramatically in vibrant shades of yellow and rich clay colors, overlayed by a magenta and cyan skeletal outine. they are stylistically contrasting one another but blend in a rendered way around the eyes.
January 22, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Snowed in this weekend? Why not curl up with a new book or two? It's the perfect time to check out the whole Wren Winters cozy mystery series. Bonus! "Murder, She Rolled" e-book is on sale until 1/25.

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#snowedin #ReadNowShovelLater #cozymystery

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Blue background with snow. "Snowed in? Cozy up with a new mystery series" - the covers of the Wren Winters mystery series
January 23, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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“Goals, desires, wants orient us to a character’s surface motivations. Longings reveal who they really are.” Author Julie Christine Johnson explores character via longing, today at WU.
The Sum of Our Longings
Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again! For so the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day. From Longing by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) Several years ago, I …
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January 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social
Is this a #writingprompt? Yes it is. Who are these questions aimed at? What sort of implications do they create? Does the order of the questions matter?
#Queerwriters #writing
Writing Prompt Wednesday - Questions? Write a poem that’s a series of questions Arrange these questions in an interesting way Who are these questions asked to? A relative? Yourself? The Universe? Our mascot, Typey, the cartoon typewriter in the corner, a grey question mark beside
January 21, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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current goal is hitting $700 for the whole month, we are currently at $194 for rent, HRT, and phone bills. currently self-employed w/ slow income from writing queer/nonhuman stories. Shares/donations help.

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was once $194 before sales tax. balance after my bills is $48.59
January 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Due to their aggressive pushing of AI & not giving authors a chance to opt out, I've unpublished my books from amazon.

I started membership tiers on Ko-Fi to compensate, so if you wanna support me, this is your chance!

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January 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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🐉 🌈📚 New LGBTQ+ book releases: January 19-20, 2026.

🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR

Happy reading, y'all!

#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social
Many of our members are fiction writers, but this #WritingPrompt is more geared towards non-fiction. If you'd like to make a character to write from, that's fine too. What sort of sense memories come up, have they evolved over time? Are there memories hidden under the senses? #QueerWriters
Writing Prompt Wednesday - Sense Memory Write about some senses (smell, sight, touch, hear, taste) from your childhood. How have those likes and dislikes changed over the years? What new senses do you observe in your present day? A smaller version of Typey, our cute typewriter mascot in the corner
January 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Hey, I know a lot of you use Discord.

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January 10, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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lefttheprairie.bsky.social
We are all so eager to help each other. I have been overwhelmed by support for Chicago from other cities and I’m trying my best to pay it forward. Solidarity and mutual aid forever.
courtneymilan.com Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Jan 9
In every city, organizers learn from shared information about how ICE operates from the cities that come before. ICE leaves a city radicalized and activated; the people in it reach out to the place where they are to offer aid and help.
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social
This week's #WritingPrompt from #Typey is about suddenly getting rich. How do you think your character will handle wealth? Start hoarding it, investing wisely, spending it all in a week, or something else entirely? As always, happy writing.
Writing Prompt Wednesday - Jackpot Write about a character who somehow wins big, via the lottery, a slot machine, maybe a rich relative passes and leaves them an estate, etc. Does all that money change them? Our mascot, Typey the cute cartoon typewriter in the corner beside a sack of cash.
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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If anyone has a few dollars to spare, an instagram friend could use a bit of help. #Mutualaid #GoFund
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January 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM